History of the President's Office
Learn about the 20 presidents who have led Hamline University since its founding in 1854. Hamline's current president is Fayneese, who joined Hamline University in July 2015. Read President Fayneese Miller's biography.
Hamline's past presidents

1854–1857 Jabez Brooks
1857–1861 Benjamin F. Crary
1861–1869 Jabez Brooks
1880–1883 David Clarke John
1883–1912 George Henry Bridgman
1912–1927 Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot
1927–1932 Alfred Franklin Hughes
1932–1933 Henry Leslie Osborn, acting president
1933–1934 J. Ralph Magee
1934–1948 Charles Nelson Pace
1948–1952 Hurst Robins Anderson
1952–1953 Walter Castella Coffey, acting president
1953–1968 Paul Henry Giddens
1968–1975 Richard P. Bailey
1975–1980 Jerry E. Hudson
1980–1981 Edgar M. Carlson, interim president
1981–1987 Charles J. Graham
1987–1988 Jerry G. Gaff, acting president
1988–2005 Larry G. Osnes
2005–2015 Linda N. Hanson
2015–present Fayneese Miller